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Gnaw Bone Camp

Gnaw Bone Camp from directly overhead

Gnaw Bone Camp is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the west, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Seelmaer Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 20 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
205 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.16838, -86.18110

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Peaks: 58
Nature reserves: 34
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 15
Gardens: 6
  • Interpretive Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 9.2 mi
  • Irwin Gardens: 14.3 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 18.1 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Monroe Convention Center: 19.0 mi
  • Upland Brewing Company: 19.1 mi
  • Dam Overlook Platform: 21.0 mi
  • Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 21.8 mi
  • Shirley Springs Cave: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 15.7 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 15.8 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gnaw Bone Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillW 267°322 m2.0 mi
Bearwallow HillNNW 342°313 m6.0 mi
Taylor HillE 85°309 m7.7 mi
Hohen PointSW 235°307.8 m3.0 mi
Hesitation PointW 271°306 m3.0 mi
Patterson HillE 88°299 m7.4 mi
Dowell HillENE 78°294 m7.9 mi
Cooks HillNNW 327°292 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2020:3521:15
September equinox07:3319:0819:44
December solstice08:0116:4417:26

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303343546473767468564435
Precip in3.42.93.85.05.05.34.53.53.23.43.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 14 mi away.

  • Christmas fern11 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth11 obs
  • Fowler's Toad10 obs
  • Green Frog10 obs
  • Tulip-tree Beauty9 obs
  • Banded Tussock Moth9 obs
  • North American Luna Moth8 obs
  • fire pink8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358654883

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